
See the help output of the iw command for more documentation and available options.Don’t be a watt-waster.
#Wakeonlan linux install
$ snap install -devmode wireless-tools $ sudo wireless-tools.iw phy phy0 wowlan show WoWLAN is enabled: * wake up on magic packet


If you don’t have the iw utility on your system you can install it with the wireless-tools snap. The iw utility provides a simple way to verify the right option is configured. NetworkManager will use the kernel to configure WoWLAN on the hardware level. The wifi.wake-on-wlan-password option accepts the same values as the snap configuration option.Įxample: $ nmcli c modify my-connection wifi.wake-on-wlan 2 $ nmcli c modify my-connection wifi.wake-on-wlan-password Test1234 The wifi.wake-on-wlan option accepts the following values (see above for a detailed description of each value) However, the wifi.wake-on-wlan option takes a numeric value instead of a textual one. It allows you to configure the same two options as the snap accepts. To configure WoWLAN per connection you have to use the nmcli utility which comes with the NetworkManager snap.
#Wakeonlan linux password
If specified, the value will be used in addition to the wireless device MAC address to function as a password that disallows unprivileged actors to wake up the device.Įxample: $ snap set network-manager wifi.wake-on-wlan-password=MyPassword This configuration option accepts a textual value.

If you want to change it just for a single wireless connection take a look at Per Connection Configuration below. See Managing snap configuration for more details.īoth configuration options will affect all wireless network devices. To allow users to enable or disable WoWLAN, the snap provides two configuration options:īoth options can be set via the configuration API snaps provide. You can read more about the kernel side implementation on the following sites: If it is has support for WoWLAN it may only support a subset of possible triggers.
#Wakeonlan linux driver
The NetworkManager snap allows its users to configure one or more triggers to allow the device it operates on to be woken up remotely.Īn important precondition for WoWLAN to work is that your device’s kernel WiFi driver has support for it.

The functionality is not entirely equivalent to Wake on LAN and there are some limitations. It is based on the well well-established standard for Wake on LAN. Wake on WLAN (called WoWLAN in the following) is a feature which allows a device to be woken up from standby power states to facilitate device management.
